Medicare cuts

Medicare cuts

Thank you, Congressman Ryan Zinke.

I am a physical therapist who is honored to have the opportunity to go to work each day to improve the health and quality of life for the residents of the Flathead Valley.  

Montanans know, and can surely feel, that costs for everything have increased greatly over the past few years. This burden has been felt at the gas pumps, grocery stores and when a Montanan looks into purchasing a home.  

In California, 2024 will bring in free healthcare for over 700,000 illegal immigrants. Hardworking American citizen taxpayers across the country, however, will receive a 3.37% cut in their reimbursement under Medicare. Further restricting senior citizens’ access to healthcare is unconscionable.  

For this reason, I am particularly grateful for Zinke for sending a letter along with several other lawmakers to House and Senate leadership urging congressional action to prevent the impending 3.37% cut in Medicare reimbursement.

Medicare cuts, especially in this particular time when costs for everything have escalated, will result in further restricting Montanans access to healthcare services.  

Thank you, Congressman Ryan Zinke, for taking the lead in supporting Montanans’ access to health care.

— Ricardo A. Fernandez, Kalispell